• ludi Romani (day 5)
• 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (by one reckoning)
• 3 A.D. — Gaius Caesar, adoptive son/grandson of the emperor Augustus, is wounded at Artagira
• 9 A.D. — Quintilius Varus loses three legions (and his life) in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the clades Variana)
• 1st century — martyrdom of Felix and Constantia
• 1850 — birth of Jane Ellen Harrison (author of Themis)

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Kneeling Bull: A half-bull, half-human silver figurine from ancient Iran | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/kneeling-bull-a-5-000-year-old-hybrid-creature-from-iran-with-a-mysterious-purpose

Elder Care in Antiquity – Biblical Archaeology Society

Elder Care in Antiquity

Remains of a Workshop Where Nails for Roman “Caligae” Were Made Discovered in Germany

Remains of a Workshop Where Nails for Roman “Caligae” Were Made Discovered in Germany

Archaeologists unearth significant Roman burial chamber | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/albania-roman-empire-tomb-archaeology-b2822430.html

Archaeologists discover first-of-its-kind ancient Roman tomb in Albania | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/albania-roman-tomb-archaeology-greece-b2822171.html

Intact Roman helmet from First Punic War discovered
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/09/intact-roman-helmet-from-first-punic-war-discovered/155936

Ancient Roman Bridge Discovered in Switzerland – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/08/ancient-roman-bridge-switzerland/

A Roman temple has been discovered at the Saints Doctors site in Gironès.
https://en.ara.cat/culture/roman-temple-has-been-discovered-at-the-saints-doctors-site-in-girones_1_5490556.html

After 2 decades, Sagalassos shines as Anatolia’s Roman treasure | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/after-2-decades-sagalassos-shines-as-anatolias-roman-treasure/news

Archaeologists in Türkiye uncover evidence of ancient glass production | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/archaeologists-in-turkiye-uncover-evidence-of-ancient-glass-production/news

[old news]Ancient Babylonian Map Sheds Light on Mesopotamia and Story Behind Noah’s Ark – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/07/babylonian-world-map-mesopotamia/

[old news]Ancient Persian Gold Hoard Unearthed in Turkey Could Redraw Map of Achaemenid Warfare

Ancient Persian Gold Hoard Unearthed in Turkey Could Redraw Map of Achaemenid Warfare

[AI?]Olive oil powered Israel’s ancient economy, study says | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-866684

Keros: Greece’s Bronze Age Island and the Lost Civilization of the Aegean – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/08/keros-greece-bronze-age-lost-civilization-aegean/

The Top-5 Poems Inspired by Ancient Greece, According to Scholars – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/07/top-5-poems-inspired-ancient-greece-mythology/

The Yale Review | Adina Hoffman: “Cycladic Figurines and Their…
https://yalereview.org/article/hoffman-cycladic-figurines-and-their-mysteries

Class & Enslavement: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/ddv8r58t/release/1

Ethnicity & Colonialism: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/rzw4bk3a/release/1

Adaptation & Production: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/wlonarqd/release/1

Politics, War, Empire: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/pp28mvxl/release/1

Religion: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/12w1royp/release/1

Sex, Gender, Sexual Violence: An Annotated Bibliography · The Performance of Roman Comedy
https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/pub/5m8d10gv/release/1

No Male? No Female? – Liv Mariah Yarrow

No Male? No Female?

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (1)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (2)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (3)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (4)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (5) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (5)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (6) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (6)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (7) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (7)

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (8) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevende Brief is echt van Plato (maar niet helemaal) (8)

Being Odysseus – Classical Studies Support

Being Odysseus

(17) gratias tibi ago, amici (2) – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/copy-gratias-tibi-ago-amici-2?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995932&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

NT Pod: NT Pod 110: Writing, Rewriting, and Knowledge: John and the Synoptics with James Barker
https://podacre.blogspot.com/2025/09/nt-pod-110-writing-rewriting-and.html

Weekly Varia no. 146, 09/07/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 146, 09/07/25

Vesuvius Readings for Students – CANE

Vesuvius Readings for Students

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Fool
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-fool.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Late antique Samaritan estate excavated in Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/late-antique-samaritan-estate-excavated.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Theosophical Society and the Gnostic Jesus
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-theosophical-society-and-gnostic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Chan on Portier-Young, The Prophetic Body
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/chan-on-portier-young-prophetic-body.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les publications de la faculté d’histoire et de philologie de Belgorod (Russie)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/les-publications-de-la-faculte.html

Thémistios. Tome III. Discours XIV-XIX: L’empereur espagnol – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Thémistios. Tome III. Discours XIV-XIX: L’empereur espagnol

Cities: the future of the past. Architecture, urban planning and restoration in Iran and Italy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Cities: the future of the past. Architecture, urban planning and restoration in Iran and Italy

Sieg und Familie im frühen Prinzipat. A study of military representations of the Verwandten of Augustus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Sieg und Familie im frühen Prinzipat. Eine Studie zur militärischen Repräsentation der Verwandten des Augustus

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The Tales Ancient Scripts Can Tell, If We could Only Decipher Them, Like the South Arabian Script a Guy Actually Did Decipher Recently, or, Love Languages Lost (and Found) | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-talesancient-scriptscantellif-we-could-only-decipher-them-like-the-south-arabianscript-aguy-actually-did-decipherrecentlyorlovelanguageslostand/

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(486) Sempronius’ Big Mistake Before Fighting Hannibal – YouTube

(488) Is Odysseus a TRUE Ancient Hero? – YouTube

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Circulars — XVII CONGRESSUS INTERNATIONALIS EPIGRAPHIAE GRAECAE ET LATINAE
https://site.unibo.it/epigrafia-greca-latina-bologna/en/xvii-ciegl/circulars

Neo-Latin and issues of style: places and periods 1450–1750
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/snls/news/conference2025

Ancient Mediterranean Learning Commons – Volunteer as Speaker or Request a Speaker! – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/09/amlclaunch/

Conference – The Classical Association

Conference

• ludi Romani (day 4)

• ca 15 B.C. — traditional date of the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus

• ludi Romani (day 3)
• 15 A.D. — possible birthdate of the future emperor Vitellius (?)
• 70 A.D. — Roman forces under Titus occupy and plunder Jerusalem (one reckoning)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Anastasius the Fuller

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Divers Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Sunken Port in Asini –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/09/06/divers-uncover-2000-year-old-sunken-port-in-asini/

Sicily, a helmet from the 241 BC Battle of the Egadi recovered at sea.
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/sicily-a-helmet-from-the-241-bc-battle-of-the-egadi-recovered-at-sea

Due grandi vasi di epoca romana riemergono dal Golfo di Gaeta. Ecco a cosa servivano – Gambero Rosso
https://www.gamberorosso.it/notizie/attualita/vasi-romani-riemergono-golfo-gaeta/

Ritrovata tomba etrusca inviolata con le più antiche decorazioni di Tarquinia
https://www.viterbotoday.it/attualita/tomba-etrusca-inviolata-scoperta-necropoli-monterozzi-tarquinia-5-settembre-2025.html

Excavating Quiet Corner of the Bible Shows Israelite Impact on Foothills of Judea – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-09-07/ty-article-magazine/excavating-quiet-corner-of-the-bible-shows-israelite-impact-on-foothills-of-judea/00000199-2441-d1da-a3df-b551e3540000

2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in Jerusalem | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2-200-year-old-gold-coin-depicting-ancient-egyptian-queen-discovered-in-jerusalem

How Gobekli Tepe Rewrote the Origins of Civilization | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/gobekli-tepe-origins-of-civilization/

Rare Bronze Age breastplate identified – The Past

Rare Bronze Age breastplate identified

(17) Antiquipop – The September 2025 letter
https://antiquipop.substack.com/p/antiquipop-la-lettre-de-septembre?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1249468&post_id=150749224&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Roman army camp uncovered in the Netherlands – The Past

Roman army camp uncovered in the Netherlands

Herculaneum Park, Suburban Baths open for the first time
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/museums/herculaneum-park-suburban-baths-open-for-the-first-time

Damo: The Enigmatic Philosopher and Daughter of Pythagoras – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/06/damo-philosopher-daughter-pythagoras/

Spartan Wit Revisited: History’s Sharpest One-Liner – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/05/spartan-wit-history-sharpest-one-liner/

The Council of 500: How Ordinary Citizens Powered Athens’ Democracy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/05/council-500-citizens-athens-democracy/

The Greeks: Radical Reinvention – Apollo Magazine

The Greeks: Radical Reinvention

‘The cost of pride’: Madeline Miller’s ‘Song of Achilles’ | Entertainment | utdailybeacon.com
https://www.utdailybeacon.com/arts_and_culture/entertainment/the-cost-of-pride-madeline-miller-s-song-of-achilles/article_84717e09-edda-4411-a737-67603715e809.html

(17) Gazing at the Stars – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/gazing-at-the-stars?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=172904002&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Poisoning the Information Network – Noodlings

Poisoning the Information Network

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days

(17) Aeneid XII.728-842 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xii728-842-ad7?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995837&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(17) Aeneid XII.843-952 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xii843-952-4f2?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995862&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Making use of AI in the Classics classroom | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/making-use-of-ai-in-the-classics-classroom/BA74A341B62D6A0AD22733F125324D2F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Iliad Translations in the Undergraduate Classroom | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/iliad-translations-in-the-undergraduate-classroom/FE467234D46E859B7021278B9C34744C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Journal of Classics Teaching: Volume 26 – Issue 52 | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/issue/7C28F3BE0C3B44C54CA82C7A90769C6B?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Issue+URL&utm_campaign=New+Cambridge+Alert+-+Issues&WT.mc_id=New+Cambridge+Alert+-+Issues

De Codex Sinaiticus – Mainzer Beobachter

De Codex Sinaiticus

PaleoJudaica.com: Scarlata, The Theology of the Book of Leviticus (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/scarlata-theology-of-book-of-leviticus.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Their Late Antique Jewish Contexts (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/aramaic-incantation-bowls-in-their-late.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frontières en Grande Grèce: Archéologie et histoire des représentations
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/frontieres-en-grande-grece-archeologie.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: PapyGreek
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/papygreek.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kerameikos News: More than 14,000 objects from the Met Museums added
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/kerameikos-news-more-than-14000-objects.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ancient Books Website
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-ancient-books-website.html

Publications of the Faculty of History and Philology of Belgorod (Russia) | Spartokos read

Les publications de la faculté d’histoire et de philologie de Belgorod (Russie)

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Anima Latina 07.09.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/09/anima-latina-07-09-2025.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 06.09.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/09/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-06-09-2025.html

The Minoan Eruption: Bronze Age Cataclysm – The Ancients | Acast

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Enormous Roman Mosaic In Turkey – video Dailymotion

(455) Where Did European Civilization Begin? – YouTube

(455) When Ancient Greece meets comedy | Full Disclosure – YouTube

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explorator 27.38 ~ September 7, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.38 ~ September 7, 2025

Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (gentle reminder) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (gentle reminder)